The Human Animal (Humans)

by xeno6696 , Sonoran Desert, Monday, August 31, 2009, 13:14 (5562 days ago) @ David Turell


> > AFAIK an EMP is the initial electron burst from a nuclear weapon that precedes the fireball and isn't a solitary weapon because of the amount of energy required. 
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> The orginal problem at, I believe, the Johnson Island test, was the effect on Hawaii elecronics. But recalculation of the original test has shown that a small relatively primative bomb detonated at 200 miles altitude carried by a relatively small missile to that altitude will electronically paralyze this country if exploded over, let's say, Kansas or Iowa. Nothing bigger is needed. And we are playing with N. Korea and Iran? Currently there is a special commission reporting to Congress. Note that I said strength with a velvet glove. I know how a democracy is properly in action.-Historically democracies have foreign policies quite a bit like tyrannies, when you compare decisions made, ourselves included. -Again, having spent time at a school with a powerful computer security school, you should be MUCH more worried about worms such as Conficker as they can deliver a worse payload than an EMP bomb without needing to spend millions on a weapons program--AND you do NOT know when the payload hits. This past year virtually all SCADA networks (Command and control systems for US power plants) were cleaned of malware of Chinese origin. You don't need rockets or bombs to cripple U.S. infrastructure, you just need smart kids with internet access. Countries do NOT need EMP to do what you're worried about. That's why China and Russia are so heavily invested in computer science programs.

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